I don’t know enough about your job or how large it is or how it operates, but in a general sense I don’t understand this “people don’t want to work” mentality. It’s a ridiculous notion. Nobody wants to work…. ….grunt work jobs that represent the lower side of human drudgery in our society for companies that provide the bare minimum in nearly every way they can get away with when it comes to pay, benefits, scheduling, etc. Not everyone can work their way to the top. There HAS to be bottom people. Many of these large businesses operate as though they want robots, not employees. If a job is worth having someone do because it is a part of society, because people use and rely on whatever that job provides, then it is worth the person doing it being paid a livable wage and good healthcare/benefits, etc. This is only going to get worse as the wealth gap increases and as automation hastens our path to less and less people being needed for these kinds of jobs while we continue to increase our population growth. The direction we’re going is not sustainable. The problem with work ethic these days is that people want someone to do these shitty jobs that no one wants to actually do, but they don’t want to compensate them appropriately for it.

Maybe, spending 2yrs in lockdown, being treated like an expendable commodity by being layed off, and having to attend funerals via streaming over wifi has rearranged the importance of certain priorities in some ppl, including self-worth Just a guess tho

It’s more that nobody wants to work -blam!- jobs for -blam!- pay.

The problem is that nobody wants to work hard, climb the ladder and make themselves a valuable asset. Nobody wants to come to terms with the fact that there is such a thing as inequality of effort. People would rather just settle for mediocre, point fingers and smear anyone and everyone that’s higher up. Is there corporate corruption? Yes. Are some people greedy? Yes. Are you gonna let that be an excuse to not reach your potential though? The unfortunate thing is that a lot of people would say yes. I don’t care how much “greed” there is. I don’t care how “hard” things might be. It’s my life. It’s my living quality. I’m not gonna choose to live the sub par edition of life. “hUsTLe CuLtUrE iS tOxiC” lmao

A lot of people make more money off unemployment, a lot of kids don't understand that they aren't entitled to higher pay. A lot of companies don't actually care about their employees. You work and you get paid, you have to put in the work to get pay! otherwise you won't last long, kids don't understand that these days and only want the money, even though half the time they aren't there and when they are they aren't useful and don't even try. If everyone was a go getter than we would be in a perfect world... more work and money for me I guess...

'Cause being a wage slave is bullshit.

As a college roommate of mine used to say, [i]"You get what you pay for....or some fraction thereof."[/i] The problem is that we have a business paradigm here in America that views workers as expendable, and an operating cost that needs to be MINIMIZED, instead of an asset to the business in question. That is a BROKEN paradigm...and the "Great Resignation" is showing just how broken it is. As people are showing that they are unwilling---in the middle of a pandemic---to risk their lives to work what are often non-liveable wages. A "strong work ethic" is something you have to be willing to PAY for. As you go UP the wage scale and UP in the socio-economic ladder you will find that you get people with stronger work ethics, and are more professional and business like in their conduct. As a result they are more productive and cause less problems. You also buy greater loyalty with higher compensation and benefits. But if you are paying people low wages...and there are an excess of jobs? There is very little reason for them to be loyal to their employer...because their employer (as communicated through the low wages) doesn't particularly value them. So the disrespect is mutual. What has happened is that employers here in the US have grown complacent. Although the published unemployment rate has been low....that rate only measures those who are actively looking for work. It doesn't really measure those who have simply given up looking for work out of despair....or are homeless. The reality is that we have been seeing an ACTUAL unemployment rate that is rivaling that of the Great Depression. So employers have had the power to pay very low wages due to the excess of labor. But with the Great Resignation, the balance of power is starting to shift. Labor is becoming scarcer. So its becoming harder to find....and people are becoming unwilling to work for the wages that market used to get away with. Everyone is a believer in "market forces" when they work to their own advantage. But when it turns against them? Everyone becomes a "socialist" in some fashion, pretty quickly. [b]TLDR: [/b] You are willing to work because (reading between the lines) it is a stepping stone to something better. But the hospital is asking these people to risk their lives just like frontline workers...but for a tiny, tiny fraction of their pay. At many hospitals, administration are trying to take advantage of the situation to CUT the pay of these people in order to protect profits.....and their own executive salaries. ...and it isn't just janitorial staff. At a hospital in my area, negotiations between the hospital and the nurses union turned ugly as the hospital was angling to cut pay to nurses....and refused to give hazard pay bonuses (despite asking them to come to work everyday at-risk of their lives) due to the pandemic. Only the nurses decided to play hardball by putting the hospital CEOs bonus pay on a billboard on a local highway. (It was a matter of public record, so it was perfectly legal). He gets $770, 000 in [i][b]bonus pay[/b][/i], while he sits at home and works remotely....while those who are in "active combat" are actually having money taken away from them. That is why...and its why we are starting to see the social unrest we're seeing across the Western world.

I wouldn’t hire some of the people I work with to taste pies in a pie factory.

Entitlement is probably a big part of it. There is a pervasive mindset of “this work is beneath me, I should have a high paying job right out of the gate. Therefore, I will not apply to this job. It’s menial labor and I deserve better.” I have talked to dozens of people younger than I who do not understand the concept of working one’s way up the ladder. One such person was utterly convinced that their drawing abilities would automatically land them a high paying job, for instance. They are still unemployed and living off their parents entirely.

Over quarantine 1, my cousin was laid off. He worked construction, a dangerous job with unavoidable injuries. Dude is 30 and has a daughter and a mortgage. When he was laid off, he learned that he made more money off of unemployment than he did employed. How ridiculously sad is that? He stuck to his job, worked himself tirelessly, and was now better off NOT working at all. He stayed unemployed for a long time and went after job interviews. He found a job opening with a significantly larger salary at an insurance company. The previous guy quit over quarantine, and even though my cousin was overqualified for it, they ran him around in circles for months before hiring him. It is not the people, it is the system. You are not above anybody for selling yourself for less.

"small town"

Yes, I'm sure the problem is with the ~17 different members of staff that have come and gone. Absolutely not the common demonimator between them. Also throwing out that "hard-working" isn't a virtue either.

While work ethic is kinda screwed up, that's a rather miserable job, and most people would rather do something else with their time. That would be me, at least.

I work for my managers. If I like them then I give a -blam!- about how they feel, so I’m gonna work hard, because I know if the work isn’t done properly then they’re gonna get into -blam!- for it and I’ll feel bad. If I don’t give a rat’s -blam!- about them, then I am going to work as much as my mood dictates and definitely not stay on to help after my shift finishes. I always try and work ‘hard’ though, because frankly I don’t see the point of me turning up and sitting about for 11 hours a day, that just seems like a waste of my time. Other people do it and funnily enough they’re the ones complaining that they’re bored and that they’ve got so much time left of their shift.

Well when you see your paycheck, and how that would never increase based on your work ethic, why would I bring my best game if it will only enrich the CEO and not me? I think a lot of people are tired of working for companies and organization like they care because we know that companies and organizations don’t care about them or their work.